Point Eleven

EFFECTIVE APPRECIATION

Venus as INDICATOR of APPRECIATION charts all consummations of individual existence on the everyday levels of reality, whether in the form of literal acquisition and retention or aesthetic and purely imaginative adoption. Experience in this phase of itself remains essentially superficial and tentative, and the consequences of act and reaction shown by this PLANET usually are of short-range duration and narrow ramification, but the possessive effort can be very ruthless. In general the repetition rather than the occurrence of events is charted through the astrological department of EFFICIENCY, and this continually recurring accentuation of a largely superficial reality has its familiar manifestation in habit patterns and social customs precisely as (1) unconditioned act and reaction in an ever-fresh context are the characteristic expression of simple VITALITY and (2) the spontaneous projection and continued redirection of the emotions and sensibilities are the essence of MOTIVATION. Venus indicates the reduplication of desired impact or the continuous rehearsal of gratifying human associations that is the fundamental basis of pleasure, and also the effective possession or repetitive availability of material goods or intangible resources of any given sort that is the basic foundation of power.

The PLANET is one of the four of special DIGNITY or [379] pattern significance in the natal chart of Prince Charles, and hence it is one of those on whose zodiacal relations the interpretation of this particular horoscope must depend primarily. Like Jupiter, of the four, it is found in its own SIGN and to this is added the signification of ANGULAR position. Its department has emphasis by major ASPECT as does Jupiter's, and it is the APPLYING PLANET in its SEXTILE with Mars so that it rather than its partner carries the dynamic responsibility of the EFFICIENCY stress. Through its buttressing of the positive SIGNIFICATOR in this manner it shows again the extent to which the inherited possessions or resources of the prince equip him to carry out his ends in the way he wishes, at least as far as the superficial details of life are concerned. The QUINTILE relationship of Venus with Jupiter, in which also it is the APPLYING PLANET, makes it the INDICATOR of any or all effective stimulation to the characteristic genius of this NATIVE'S self-expression. TALENT as DELINEATED through the horoscope is essentially a plussage of physical, mechanical, psychological, aesthetic, rational or intuitional skill. No matter what else he may do the NATIVE in some way must achieve an outstanding acceptance among his fellows on the basis of the highly personal excellence he is able to bring to reiterative consummation with a real finesse. The CONJUNCTION with Neptune emphasizes the necessary importance this must have for others, and the tight SEXTILE with Pluto reveals the ASSISTANCE it must give to his own transcendent opportunity.

For a practical or everyday understanding of the effective APPRECIATION in the case of the prince it may be noted that his Venus lies in the HOUSE of HOME, the SIGN [380] of EQUIVALENCE and a degree symbolized by a retired sea captain. In the reduction of this horoscopic formula to a statement that is both accurate insight and simple explanation, in the framework of the over-all perspective, the astrologer may observe that (1) in CIRCUMSTANCES any TALENT or plussage of skills in personal self-expression and any consummation of everyday effort in a self-gratification are cradled completely in the royal heritage, (2) in FUNCTION any successful performance depends on an efficient weighing of pertinent factors or a constant balancing of the account in respect to the individual assets, and (3) in every passing or recurrent focus of the moment it is possible to rest secure in the family tradition to escape most of the psychological and even physiological turmoil to which men normally are heir. All this may be summarized by saying that the NATIVE can meet any eventuality with imperturbable self-possession.

The SECOND HOUSE indicates the general CIRCUMSTANCES under which Prince Charles must deal with his fluid resources, and since it contains Saturn he tends to find himself particularly sensitive to whatever may be available for his use together with the extent of availability as any particular need arises. The LORD of the SECOND is in the FOURTH, and in consequence these expendable resources as well as the petty conveniences of the THIRD must serve the basic cradling of his over-all potentialities. The CUSP of the HOUSE lies in the SIGN of ASSURANCE and a degree symbolized by a bareback rider, and thus he can be seen to be helped in the administration or distribution of his every asset, of even the most intangible sort, through his unimpeachable confidence in his own considered reactions [381] or judgments. In simple statement and insight it can be suggested that he will be inclined to ride out any issue in the areas of commonplace detail, and that he will be able to do so with the greatest of ease.

Speculation and risk resources revealed at the FIFTH HOUSE do not enter the picture in any consideration of the SECOND. In the horoscope of the prince they have been seen to exist principally in the form of the personal potentialities with which he gambles in the highly emphasized effort to achieve himself as a real personage. Legacies or any usufruct in connection with the properties and rights of others, as charted at the EIGHTH, always provide the general measure of the bondage or lack of bondage of the self to its total situation, and in his case any factors in this category have been found to be either of no issue in his life or a matter of direct contribution to the fluid resources at the SECOND.

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